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The Rant: If Mark Richt can't beat a fading Florida, then his bosses are going to look elsewhere

Mark Richt may look like a new man now, but let’s judge him after today’s game against Florida. The Georgia football coach has stabilized the Bulldogs since a horrible start, but how many mulligans is he going to get when it comes to the Gators? He is 2-8 in his career against Florida. That warrants a contract extension at Vanderbilt, but not at Herschel Walker University. I’m not going to say that Richt has to win today to not get fired, but it could very well be that a loss tips the scales in that direction. A loss today would put the Bulldogs a game behind South Carolina in the race to see who gets bludgeoned by either LSU or Alabama in the SEC Championship game. If the Bulldogs reach Atlanta for the beating, Richt survives another year. A loss will just further emphasize to his bosses that Richt has done less with more talent better than any coach in football.